Oral beta-Alanine Supplementation (with and without exercise training) in Patients with COPD: Structural, Metabolic and Functional Adaptations. Hasselt University
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is the third leading cause of mortality worldwide. Daily symptoms, such as exercise-induced breathlessness and fatigue are the starting point of a vicious circle of physical inactivity resulting in a loss of lower-limb muscle function. Moreover, oxidative stress contributes also to lower-limb muscle dysfunction in COPD. Muscle carnosine acts as an anti-oxidant. Muscle carnosine levels in patients with COPD ...